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this tradition from several persons, but can not say more. The falls 
are slate-rock and fall 58J feet in about 500 to 600 feet, the exact height 
having been obtained from Allen Brothers ? paper manufacturers. A 
pool below, where the shad formerly stopped, is said to be 70 feet deep. 
Half way up the falls is a pool about 125 by 75 feet, and apparently 15 
feet deep. The dam on top of the fall varies from 3 to 8 feet in 
height. Above this dam, within half a mile, is Richard’s dam, the in- 
tervening water being broken, falls perhaps 9 or 10 feet in that dis- 
tance. This second dam is 11^ feet high, is new and made of hewed 
logs, with a spill- way at the deepest part of the river. 
Glens Falls and Bam . — The falls are hard stratified rock, and at low 
water the descent from the crest of the dam is 40 feet, in a distance of 
150 feet. There are several steps and pools ; in some of them the verti- 
cal distance is not over 30 feet. In the center it is higher and conse- 
quently the great body of water flows to each side. I saw it on August 
23, and the river was then exceptionally low. It looked at that time 
to be practicable to make a passage for fish part of the way in the rock. 
State Bam , at Feeder Bam . — This is If miles above Glens Falls. It 
feeds the Champlain Canal and runs two saw mills. Its height is 13 
feet and 10 inches, and it is built of wood with an 18-foot apron. 
Water goes over this darn until July, when the brackets are put on and 
the water is all used by the canal and the mills. From this dam to 
Clendon Brook, above, is 5 miles by river. 
Palmers Falls . — These are at Jessup’s Landing. The dam on the 
crest is 25 feet high, then rapids for a distance of 100 feet, more or less, 
and a sloping fall of about 50 or 60 feet. It is 85 feet from the pool 
below to the foot of the dam. In dry times the enormous paper-mill 
takes all the water in the river, but when I saw this fall, November 
22, it was a terrible place to think of going over, either for a salmon 
or a man. While building the dam in this wild mountain gorge two 
men went over the falls. One was killed and the other was so badly 
injured that he has never fully recovered. If the salmon planted above 
this fall go down safely they can go the rest of the way without injury. 
I confess to being doubtful about it and begin to think that possibly 
Clendon Brook may have supplied a good share of the fish that have 
grown to maturity, for this fall surprised me with its violent rush through 
a narrow pass and its lack of a deep pool to receive the falling waters. 
I do not see how a living thing could escape being battered to death 
on the many exposed rocks, and especially at the foot of the dam, 
where there is a sheer fall of 25 feet and a shallow pool. 
RockwelVs Falls . — These are at Luzerne, or Hadley. The village is 
on both sides of the river, in different counties, and has two names. 
This is the last obstruction on the river. The dam is 15 feet high 
on the west bank, and runs to nothing on the east bank. A salmon 
could go over it with ease, if it could get here. The Sacandaga River 
enters the Hudson about 200 yards below these falls. 
